Apparatus for turning collars.



PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

J. M. BEIBRMBISTBR. APPARATUS FOR TURNING COLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED P335, 1904.

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WITHEEEEE- No.774,14'7. v PATENTED NOV. 8,-1904. J. M. BEIERMEISTER.

APPARATUS FORTURNING GOLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1904.

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UNTTED STAT S Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHN M. BEIERMEISTER, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CAROLINE L. BEIERMEISTER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR TURNING CCLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,147, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed February 5, 1904.. Serial No. 192,138. Continuation of application filed April 16, 1903, Serial No. 152,907. (No model.)

To It 10710777, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. BEIERMEISTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New 5 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Turning Collars, of which the following is a specification.

An application for patent for this invention was filed by me April 16, 1903, Serial No.

I 152,907, and was allowed and forfeited.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

r Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

' Similar characters refer to similar parts in 2 the several figures.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective of my improved apparatus for turning collars. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, showing the end of a run collar-top applied 2 5 thereto preliminary to turning the same.

Fig. 3 is a similar View after the end of the collar-top has been turned. Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the same with the run collar-top applied thereto preliminary to turning the same. Fig. 5 is a similar view after the top has been turned. Fig. 6 is a front view showing the apparatus provided with a modified form of clamping-jaw adapted for square-cornered work.

The object of my invention is to facilitate turning the end portions of collar-tops, bands,

cuffs, and the like after the same have been provided with a run seam and preliminary to the stitching operation.

As commonly practiced collar tops and bands and other articles of like nature are formed by first securing together a plurality of blanks or plies of fabric by a line of stitching inserted a short distance from the edge of the plies, along three sides thereof, which operation is called running. After the articles have been run they are turned inside out through the opening between the plies on the fourth side, so that the raw edges outside the run seam are inclosed and concealed between 5 the plies of fabric, exposing to View only folds in the fabric plies along their connected sides. This operation has ordinarily been performed by hand, requiring much time and care when skilled labor was employed.

My invention comprises an apparatus which can be used by a person for so turning collars and the like with much greater facility, accuracy, and uniformity than has heretofore been possible.

The invention is shown in its preferred form in the drawings, and comprises a pair of blade-like jaws 1 and 2, having their ends shaped to the form desired for the corner of the folded article and adapted to clamp between them certain of the plies of the article during the turning operation. In the first five figures of the drawings these jaws are shown adapted for articles having a rounded corner. The blade 1 is mounted in an upright or vertical position upon the block 3, fixed to the top of the table 4, and the blade 2 is hinged upon the top of the same block 3 a short distance from the stationary blade 1 and is adapted to swing toward and from said station- 7 5 ary blade upon its hinge 5. The swinging end 6 of the blade 2 is offset at such an angle that it will engage flatly the neighboring side of the stationary blade when forced against the same, as by means of a treadle 7, pivoted at 8 to the floor 9 beneath the table and connected by a link 10, extending through a hole 11 in the block 3 and table-top, with an eye 12 on the blade 2, whereby depression of the treadle will force the blade 2 into engagement 8 5 with the stationary blade 1. Retraction of the blade 2 may be accomplished by means of a coil-spring 16, connecting said blade with a bracket 17 erected from the rear end of said block 3, said bracket being provided with an oifset 18 in the path of and serving as a stop for the movable blade 2.

The manner in which the device is used is as follows: The operator, who may be either a girl or a boy, as little skill is required, sits or stands in front of the apparatus and taking the collars or other articles one at a time separates the plies along their open side and applies one end of the article to the movable blade 2 by inserting the end of the same between the plies which are to be the outer plies of the finished article and which in the article asit comes from the runner are one or both inner plies. The article being drawn tightly down until the end of the movable blade is forced closely into the corner or pocket formed by the run-seam 19, the movable blade, with the article so applied, is then forced against the stationary blade, so as to securely clamp between said blades one or more of the plies thereof, leaving certain other of the plies thereof resting loosely on the outer side of the movable blade and adapted while the clamped plies are firmly held between the blades to be drawn up over the edge of the movable blade and down firmly over the edge of the stationary blade, on the front side thereof. The manner in which this is done will be apparent from an inspection of Figs. 2, 3, at, and 5 of the drawings.

In Figs. 2 and 4c a round collar-top comprising the plies 20, 21, and 22 is shown applied to the movable blade in the manner above described, the movable blade being inserted between the plies 20 and 22 which become the outer plies of the finished article, the two plies 21 and 22 being clamped between the jaw-blades and the ply 2O resting loosely on the back of the movable blade. l Vhile the blades are thus held clamped together by means of the treadle 7 the free or loose ply 20 is pulled upwardly over the edge of the movable blade and down over the edge of the stationary blade, on the front side thereof, to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the stationary blade being thereby inclosed between the plies 20 and 21 and the ply 21 being con.- cealed between the plies 20 and 522. By drawing the turned article down firmly upon the stationary blade the form of the end of said blade will be'imparted to the corner of the collar by a sharply-fixed fold line or bead, the corners so formed being uniform in all arti cles folded on the same blade. The article being first turned at one corner is removed and its other corner in like manner applied to and turned upon the blades, after which the intermediate portion of the collar can be ironed or otherwise finished by hand.

The form of the ends of the jaw-blades may be varied to accommodate them to different kinds of work.

In Fig. 6 a blade is shown adapted for turning square-cornered work, the operation be ing the same, as above described for roundcornered work, except that when the article is applied to the movable blade the edges thereof adjacent to the square corner are folded over by hand, first one of such edges upon the body of the article and then the other edge over upon the edge first folded, in the same manner as now practiced in folding square-cornered work by hand, the folded portions being held clamped between the jaws during the turning operation, whereby a perfectly sharp corner can be obtained. The jaw blades may be forced one toward the other in any known manner. The clampingsurfaces of the jaw blades are preferably roughened, as shown at 25.

I prefer to serrate the edges of the stationary sq uare-corner blade used in folding squarecornered work, as shown in Fig. 6, which prevents the work from slipping on the blade during the folding operation.

TV hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for turning collars and the like, in combination, a pair of jaw-blades having the shape desired for the corner of a folded article, one movable toward the other, and adapted to clamp therebetween certain of the folds of said article, and to successively occupy a position inserted between certain of the plies of the article clamped therebetween and certain other of the plies thereof as the article is turned inside out.

2. In an apparatus for turning collars and the like, in combination, a pair of jaw-blades having the shape desired for the corner of a folded article, and means for forcing one of said blades toward the other to clamp therebetween certain of the plies of the article to be turned.

8. In an apparatus for turning collars and the like, in combination, a pair of jaw-blades, one fixedly mounted upon a stationary support and the other hinged thereto, one of said blades having its end offset to engage flatly with the other, said blades being adapted to clamp therebetween certain of the plies of the article during the manipulation of certain other of said plies in turning the article inside out.

l. In an apparatus for turning collars and the like, in combination, a pair of jaw-blades 'one hinged to swing toward and from the other, and adapted to clamp therebetween certain of the plies of an article during the manipulation of certain other of said plies in turning the article inside out; a treadle; connections between the treadle and hinged blade;

and a spring opposed to the movement of the treadle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of January, 1904:.

JOHN M. BEIERMEISTER. \Vitnesses:

FRANK C. CURTIS, E. M. OREILLY. 

